Hamilton firefighter Patrick Wolterman was killed in the 2015 house fire

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WEBVTT DETAILS.>> ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS, JUSTGOT OFF THE STAND SHORT WHILEAGO.SHE TALKED ABOUT WHEN SHE WAS INJAIL, THAT SHE NEEDE APARAMEDIC TO ASSIST HER SHE SAYSTHE MEDIC TALKED ABOUT PATRICKWOLTERMAN, THE FIREFIGHTER WHODIED.THEN WHEN HER FATHER, LESTERPARKER CAME TO VISIT HER IN JATHE CONVERSATION REVOLVED AROUNDTHE CONVERSATION HIS DAUGHTERHAD WITH THE MEDIC.>> HE TOLD ME TO TELL HIM THATHE DID NOT.HE SAID, YOU TELL THEM THAT IDID NOT MEAN, I DID NOT MEAN FORTHAT TO HAPPEN.>> HE DIDN'T MEAN FORFIREFIGHTER PATRICK WOLTERMAN TODIE.>> IT BOTHERED HIM.>> PROSECUTORS SAY BOTH PARKERAND HIS NEPHEW BILLY TUCKER ARERESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEADLYARSON.>> HAS THE CITY OF HAMILTON BEENGIVING YOU MONEY ON A REGULARBASIS?>> YES.>> DAVID WASHINGTON GOT MELISSALAINHARDT TO ADMIT THE CITY ISPAYING FOR HER TESTIMONY FOR HERTO LIVE IN A HOTEL ROOM AND FORHER CELL PHONE BILL.MORE THAN SO FAR.$1200>> ARE THEY GIVING YOUMONEY FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THEFIRE, YES OR NO?>> I GUESS.>> LAINHARDT'S TESTIMONY IS ONEPIECE OF THE PUZZLE.THIS PICTURE SHOWING FAMILYPHOTOS IS ANOTHER.PARKER'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTERCHERYL SULLIVAN WHO ASKED NOT TOHAVE HER FACE SHOWN SAYS THEPHOTOS WERE IN HER PARENTSLIVING ROOM ON CHRISTMAS EVE,2015.TWO DAYS LATER -- >> THERE'S SOME THINGS MOVEDAROUND.SOME THINGS NOT WHERE THEY WERSUPPOSED TO BE OR GONE.>> THAT WAS A DAY BEFORE THEFIRE.PROSECUTORS SAYING PARKERREMOVED PRIZED POSSESSIONS FROMHIS HOME, THEN HAD TUCKER SETTHE HOUSE ON FIRE.SULLIVAN ALSO TESTIFIED ABOUT ACONVERSATION SHE HAD WITH HERFATHER THE DAY BEFORE THE FIREAS HE WAS LEAVING FOR VEGA>> WHAT DID HE SAY TO YOU?>> HE SAID THAT ALL OF HISIMPORTANT STUFF WAS IN THEGARAGE IF ANYTHING HAPPENED.>> SULLIVAN ALSO TESTIFIED TODAYSHE ENDED UP FINDING THOSEFAMILY PHOTOS IN A DUFFLE BAGHER FATHER TOOK TO VEGAS.ALSO TAKING THE STAND TODAY WASAN INVESTIGATOR WITH THE STATEFIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WHO SAIDSHE FOUND TRACES OF GASOLINE INTHE REMAINS OF THE HOUSE.

Daughters testify against father in Hamilton murder-arson case

Hamilton firefighter Patrick Wolterman was killed in the 2015 house fire

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Prosecutors said Lester Parker hatched a plan to burn down his house for insurance money and asked his nephew, Billy Tucker, to carry out the plan.

Both men are charged with aggravated arson and murder.

On Wednesday, Parker's daughter, Melissa Lainhart-Jones took the stand. She said while in jail in 2016, a paramedic had to assist her with a medical issue. She said a medic named Ed talked to her about Wolterman.

When Parker came to visit his daughter in jail, Lainhart-Jones said talked to her dad about her conversation.

"He said, 'You tell them that I did not mean, I did not mean for that to happen,'" Lainhart-Jones said. "He was telling me to tell them he was sorry for what happened."

Lainhart-Jones said her father didn't elaborate, but seemed bothered.

During cross examination, defense attorney David Washington got Lainhart-Jones to admit that the city of Hamilton has paid her more than $1,200 for her to live in a hotel room and for her cellphone bill.

"Are they giving you money for information about the fire, yes or no?" Washington asked.

Lainhart-Jones responded, "I guess."

Lainhart-Jones' testimony is one piece of the puzzle.

A picture showing family photos is another.

Parker's youngest daughter Cheryl Sullivan said the photos were in her parents living room on Christmas Eve, 2015.

Two days later, they weren't there, she said.

"Some things were not where they were supposed to be or gone," Sullivan said.

That was a day before the fire.

Prosecutors said Parker removed prized possessions from his home, went to Las Vegas with his wife, then had Tucker set the house on fire.

Washington said the photos, which had sat on top of speakers in the living room, had been replaced by angels, and the angels were Christmas presents from Parker to his wife.

Sullivan also testified about a conversation she had with her father the day before the fire, as he was leaving for Vegas.

"He said that all of his important stuff was in the garage if anything happened," Sullivan said.

She said before leaving for his trip, Parker also handed her four envelopes containing information about their mortgage, tax bill, insurance and ADT security system.

After Parker returned from Vegas, Sullivan said she found those family photos in a duffel bag her father had taken with him.